Arctic Monkeys not only played their debut single ‘I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor’, but also covered The Beatles‘ ‘Come Together’, which is now available to purchase on iTunes, whilst winged cyclists made their way through the stadium. Though frontman Alex Turner was in his trademark leather jacket, drummer Matt Helders sported a Union Jack tracksuit and played on a set of drums emblazoned with Great Britain’s national flag. Scroll down to watch the band’s performances.

Paul McCartney closed the four hour long event with a version of The Beatles‘ ‘Hey Jude’. After quoting a line from his and John Lennon’s 1969 song ‘The End’ – “And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make” – he started up on the piano, leading the Olympic Stadium in a mass singalong. He even went up to the front of the stage and asked “the fellas” and then “the women, the girls” in the crowd to sing parts of the chorus separately.

A surprise musical guest came in the shape of Two Door Cinema Club frontman Alex Trimble, who sang ‘Caliban’s Dream’ – a song written specially for the ceremony by Underworld‘s Rick Smith – as young athletes carried the Olympic Flame around the stadium before they lit the Olympic Cauldron to Pink Floyd‘s ‘Eclipse’.

Of his appearance, Trimble said: “I’m really proud of the performance. I have so much respect for the team that put it all together. Danny [Boyle] always made time to sit with me one on one and go through things and see how everything was going and with Rick we worked one on one too. In the studio, on the phone, it just felt so personal. Not like something that’s gone out worldwide! I’m sure it’ll take a few months for the reality to fully sink in”.

The soundtrack to the opening ceremony is now available to buy, digitally. Titled ‘Isles Of Wonder: Music For The Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games’, the album was released at the end of the event. A physical release will follow on August 6. Olympics opening ceremony – in photos